Mini-curriculum

PhD in business administration, with a concentration in marketing, from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV-EAESP). He was a visiting researcher at the Cornell University School of Agriculture, where he conducted research on food consumption behavior. Journalist and master in administration from UFRN, with a postgraduate degree in business management from the Queensland University of Technology (2001- Australia). He has been an Analyst at Embrapa since December/2005 and has 12 years of experience in the private sector, where he worked in the areas of communication and business management. At Embrapa, he was a member of the Technical Committee of Macro-Program 4 (TT and Communication), worked in the business incubation program (Proeta), communication coordinator of PAC Embrapa, marketing communication coordinator and led three projects in the European Union - Brazil Dialogues on food waste and circular urban food systems. He collaborated with the REFRESH Community of Experts, a European Union initiative linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 12) and served on the Technical Committee on food losses and waste coordinated by the Ministry of Social Development. He is co-founder of the Pact against Hunger and collaborates with initiatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), UN Environment (UNEP), G-20 Working Group on food losses and waste, led by Thunen Institute (Germany), One Planet Network (UN) and WWF in the areas of food security and circular economy. He has scientific publications on the subject of consumer behavior, with an emphasis on food consumption and waste, and participation in several international seminars. He is a reviewer for international journals, including the European Journal of Marketing and Appetite, and for research projects in food marketing and consumer behavior. He is interested in the research areas of consumer behavior and food marketing, retail, reputation and corporate communication.

Education

2001 - 2001

Aperfeiçoamento em CAE - Diploma Cambridge Advanced English

Sociedade Brasileira de Cultura Inglesa / Cambridge University

Obtained year: 2001

1993 - 1997

Graduação em Jornalismo

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Title: Seridó em Foco

Obtained year: 1997

Advisor: Vicente Alberto Serejo Gomes

2000 - 2001

Especialização em Graduate Diploma Of Business

Queensland University Of Technology

Obtained year: 2001

2005 - 2007

Mestrado em Administração

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Title: Compra por impulso em shopping centers: estudo do comportamento e do perfil do consumidor em Natal (RN) e Brasília (DF)

Obtained year: 2007

Advisor: Anatália Saraiva Martins Ramos

2012 - 2015

Doutorado em Administração de Empresas

Fundação Getúlio Vargas

Title: Food waste in lower-middle income households: a qualitative analysis of antecedents and a typology of food wasters

Obtained year: 2015

Advisor: Juracy Parente

Areas of expertise

1. Grande área: Applied Social Sciences / Área: Administration / Subárea: Business administration / Especialidade: Marketing
2. Grande área: Applied Social Sciences / Área: Administration / Subárea: Business administration / Especialidade: Assessoria de Comunicação
3. Grande área: Applied Social Sciences / Área: Administration / Subárea: Business administration
4. Grande área: Applied Social Sciences / Área: Administration / Subárea: Marketing
5. Grande área: Applied Social Sciences / Área: Administration / Subárea: Comportamento do Consumidor